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Jackie Maxwell Talks About Directing
Arena Stage’s Good People

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
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Jackie Maxwell, artistic director of Canada’s Shaw Festival, was sitting in the Toronto Airport waiting to board a flight for Ireland to visit her mother.

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Before Downton Abbey – Where the Stars Shone

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
by on Playing Around

Downton Abbey’s Season 3 will begin January 6, 2013, on PBS and excitement is growing. First Lady Michelle Obama, a big fan of the show,

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My Fair Lady – Just Loverly

Saturday, November 17th, 2012
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My Fair Lady, Lerner and Loewe’s hit musical adaption of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is set in London, 1912. Now, exactly one hundred years after

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Woman Around Town: Anita Gillette—
After All, a Working Actress

Monday, September 17th, 2012
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At 18, Anita Luebben had a GS4 Government rating with security clearance. She was a medical stenographer. If you had suggested that three years later,

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London Street Photography: Developing for Decades

Saturday, July 28th, 2012
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With the Olympics starting this week, the whole world seems focused on London. And that includes the Museum of the City of New York, which

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Musicals Tonight Presents L’il Abner

Saturday, March 24th, 2012
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L’il Abner opened in 1956 and ran for 693 performances. The 1956-57 Broadway season included My Fair Lady and Bells Are Ringing. Movies included Giant

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They Sing, They’re In Love, They Kill People

Friday, December 9th, 2011
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It’s always a joy to have a good, original musical on Broadway. Bonnie & Clyde is chocked full of talent, including Frank Wildhorn and Don

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Loverly “Lady” At Westchester Broadway Theatre

Monday, October 3rd, 2011
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My Fair Lady at Westchester Broadway Theatre is a production that would please even the toughest critic. The staging and sets are smartly kept simple;

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